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Excessive consumption of resources - class-X

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Temperature gradient of 'ambient' air is known as

  1. Lapse rate

  2. ELR

  3. Atmospheric stability

  4. ALR


Correct Option: B

What is adiabatic lapse rate for dry air?

  1. 3.98C per 100meter

  2. 2.98C per 100meter

  3. 0.98C per 100meter

  4. 1.98C per 100meter


Correct Option: C

What is air pressure at sea level?

  1. 4033.6g/sq.cm

  2. 3033.6g/sq.cm

  3. 2033.6g/sq.cm

  4. 1033.6g/sq.cm


Correct Option: D

Narrow valleys are favorable to inversion because horizontal air movement is

  1. Decreased

  2. Favorable

  3. Possible

  4. Restricted


Correct Option: D

The ratio of the mass of water vapor in a given volume (parcel) of air to the mass of the remaining dry air describes the:

  1. Absolute humidity

  2. Mixing ratio

  3. Relative humidity

  4. Dew point


Correct Option: B

The temperature at which water boils depends mainly on:

  1. Air temperature

  2. Relative humidity

  3. Air pressure

  4. Air density


Correct Option: C

Major source of air pollution is

  1. Fossil fuels

  2. Burning of wood

  3. Biogas

  4. Cow dung cakes.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Burning of fossil fuels cause major harms. The burning of fossil fuels like coal, natural gas, petroleum in automobiles, industries and thermal plants leads to increase in air pollution.

What was Aldo Leopold 'philosophy' about humans ethics?

  1. Environmental Ethics

  2. Sustainable Ethics

  3. Land Ethics

  4. Frontier Ethics


Correct Option: C

Land breeze blows during _________

  1. Summer

  2. Winter

  3. Day

  4. Night


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

At night, the water cools down more slowly than the land. So, the cool air from the land moves towards the sea. This is called the land breeze.

The wind flows from 

  1. High pressure to low pressure

  2. Low pressure to high pressure

  3. Low temperature to high-temperature

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The uneven heating of the air causes the flow of the wind. It takes place due to the greater intensity of sunlight at the equator as compared to that of poles. Due to greater intensity of sunlight at the equator the air gets heated up, the air molecules absorb the heat and the intermolecular forces between the air molecules become weak and its kinetic energy increases. The air molecules becomes lighter and rises up. This creates a low pressure zone on the equator while high pressure zone exist at the poles. So, the air moves from high pressure to the low pressure.

So, the correct answer is option A.

Hot air over the land rises up and creates.

  1. Low pressure over the land

  2. High pressure over the land

  3. High pressure over the water bodies.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A

The uneven heating near the equator takes place because of

  1. The intensity of sunlight

  2. The direction of sunlight

  3. The density of flora and fauna

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The uneven heating of the air takes place due to the greater intensity of sunlight at the equator as compared to that of poles. Due to greater intensity of sunlight at the equator the air gets heated up, the air molecules absorbs the heat and the inter molecular forces between the air molecules becomes weak and its kinetic energy increases. The air molecules becomes lighter and rises up. This creates a low pressure zone on the equator while high pressure zone exist at the poles.

So, the correct answer is option A.

Which of the following is the cause of the land breeze?

  1. The land gets heated up fast during summers.

  2. The hot air over the land rises up.

  3. The air pressure above the land decreases.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The air molecules are held by strong intermolecular forces. During, the daytime when the air above the land gets heated up, the air molecules absorbs the heat and the intermolecular forces between the air molecules become weak and its kinetic energy increases. The air molecules move apart and become less dense and they become lighter and rises up. This creates a low-pressure zone on land and thus cold air from the sea rushes to land and thus creates sea breeze. Thus, the correct answer is option D.

Which of the following phenomena may lead to rain near the equatorial region?

  1. The warm air rises up.

  2. The colder air settles down.

  3. The wind speed increases due to uneven heating.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The uneven heating of the air takes place due to the greater intensity of sunlight at the equator as compared to that of poles. Due to greater intensity of sunlight at the equator the air gets heated up, the air molecules absorbs the heat and the inter molecular forces between the air molecules becomes weak and its kinetic energy increases. The air molecules becomes lighter and rises up. This creates a low pressure zone on the equator. The air is cold at the poles as the intensity of sunlight is less so the cold air settles down and creates a high pressure zone above the poles. The air moves from high pressure to low pressure zone which is from poles to the equator at high speed and this may lead to precipitation of water vapor as rain.

So, the correct answer is option A.

Sea breeze blows during _________

  1. Summer

  2. Winter

  3. Day

  4. Night


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

During the day, the land gets heated faster than the water. The air over the land becomes hotter and rises up. The cooler air from the sea rushes in towards the land to take its place. The warm air from the land moves towards the sea to complete the cycle. The air from the sea is called the sea breeze.

The sea breeze is conducted due to the creation of high pressure on the 

  1. Land

  2. Sea

  3. Air

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

During, the daytime when the air above the land gets heated up, the air molecules absorbs the heat and the intermolecular forces between the air molecules become weak and its kinetic energy increases. The air molecules move apart and become less dense and they become lighter and rises up. This creates a low-pressure zone on land and high pressure on above the sea thus cold air from the sea rushes from sea to land and creates sea breeze.

So, the correct answer is option B.

Which of the following area is created over land during land breeze?

  1. High pressure

  2. Low pressure

  3. Low temperature

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

During, the daytime when the air above the land gets heated up, the air molecules absorbs the heat and the intermolecular forces between the air molecules become weak and its kinetic energy increases. The air molecules move apart and become less dense and they become lighter and rises up. This creates a low-pressure zone on land and thus cold air from the sea rushes from sea to land and thus creates sea breeze. Thus, the correct answer is option B.

The freezer in the refrigerator is generally mounted on the top for proper cooling. Which of the following property of air is demonstrated by this?

  1. The cold air settles down

  2. The hot air rises up.

  3. The low temperature causes uniform cooling.

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The freezer in the refrigerator is generally mounted on the top for proper cooling. The freezer cools the air. The air after getting cooled settles down and helps in proper and even cooling. Thus, the correct answer is option A.

The uneven heating of land takes place due to 

  1. Direction of sunlight

  2. Direction of wind

  3. Temperature of the earth

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The uneven heating of the air takes place due to the greater intensity of sunlight at the equator as compared to that of poles. Due to greater intensity of sunlight at the equator the air gets heated up, the air molecules absorb the heat and the intermolecular forces between the air molecules become weak and its kinetic energy increases. The air molecules become lighter and rise up. This creates a low-pressure zone on the equator. The air is cold at the poles as the intensity of sunlight is less so the cold air settles down and creates a high-pressure zone above the poles. Thus, the correct answer is option A.

The sea breeze is caused due to the low pressure generated over

  1. Land

  2. Sea

  3. Air

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

During, the daytime when the air above the land gets heated up, the air molecules absorbs the heat and the intermolecular forces between the air molecules become weak and its kinetic energy increases. The air molecules move apart and become less dense and they become lighter and rises up. This creates a low-pressure zone on land and thus cold air from the sea rushes from sea to land and thus creates sea breeze.

So, the correct answer is option B.

Suppose it is a winter night and at about 11 p.m., the air cools to the dew-point temperature and a thick radiation fog develops. If the air continues to cool during the night, in 5 hours the dew point temperature will probably:

  1. Decrease as the air becomes drier

  2. Decrease as the air becomes moister

  3. Increase as the air becomes drier

  4. Increase as the air becomes moister


Correct Option: A

Where are the days and nights of equal length all year long?

  1. At $66.5^{o}$

  2. Nowhere

  3. At $23.5^{o}$

  4. At the Equator


Correct Option: D

Typically, water vapor occupies about what percentage of the air's volume near the earth's surface?

  1. About 78 percent

  2. About 21 percent

  3. Close to 10 percent

  4. Less than 4 percent


Correct Option: D

At which latitude heat gain through insolation approximately equals heat loss through terrestrial radiation:

  1. $22.5^0$ North and South

  2. $40^0$ North and South

  3. $42.5^0$ North and South

  4. $66^0$ North and South


Correct Option: D

Land and water dwelling plants, may suffer from

  1. Ultraviolet radiations

  2. Pollutions

  3. Air pollution

  4. Pollutants


Correct Option: A

If climate change keeps on disrupting atmospheric pressure, it would bring ice age in

  1. America

  2. Northern Europe

  3. Africa

  4. Canada


Correct Option: B
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